Clay mineralogy of the Old Red Sandstone and Devonian sedimentary rocks of Wales, Scotland and England

Clay Minerals

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 433-471

  Hillier, S ^a   Wilson, M J ^a   Merriman, R J ^b  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chlorite; Chlorite smectite; Clay mineralogy; Devonian; Dioctahedral chlorite; Illite; Illite smectite; Kaolinite; Old Red Sandstone; ORS; Sudoite; Tosudite; UK

Indexed keywords

CHLORITE MINERALS; CLAY MINERALS; HYDROCARBONS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

DIAGENETIC CLAY MINERALS; METAMORPHIC REACTIONS; OLD RED SANDSTONE;

MINERALOGY;

DEPOSITION; DEVONIAN; DIAGENESIS; ILLITE; PROVENANCE; RETROGRESSION; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; SMECTITE;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES; WESTERN EUROPE;

ORCADIA;

EID: 33748596636     PISSN: 00098558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1180/0009855064110203     Document Type: Article

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